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  • Evatt Winners Announced

  • HOBART — After time deliberating, the Judging Panel for the Evatt Trophy Competition have announced the national champions. Winners of "Evatt" have gone through a tough process of debate, negotation, and compromise to reach their final goal. The Security Council format makes this competition a very difficult one.

    The Evatt Trophy Competition is Australia's largest and most prestigious national secondary school debating competition, drawing delegates from all states and territories in Australia together to debate global issues in a mock session of the United Nations Security Council. The Evatt Trophy Competition is a flagship program run by UN Youth Australia.

     

    1st Place
    Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)
    2nd Place
    Robert Ferguson and Kevin Kim (NSW)
    3rd Place
    Simon Dukes and Anthony Small (NSW)
    Honourable Mentions
    Brock Gunthorpe and Calum Thatcher (QLD)
    Jackson McKenzie and Nick Young (VIC)
    Joshua Keenan and Liam Thomas (QLD)
    Best In Chamber - White Chamber
    Daniel Ergas and Nathaniel Jende (ACT)
    Best In Chamber - Blue Chamber
    Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)
    Cabinet Crisis Winner
    Mieke Foster and Natesha Somasundaram (VIC)
    Cabinet Crisis Runner-Up
    Thomas Speddling and Sam van den Nieuwenhof (NT)
    National Grand Finalists
    Matt Paterson and Mitch Sutton (QLD)
    Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)
    Emmet Ryan and Patrick McKinlay (QLD)
    Joshua Keenan and Liam Thomas (QLD)
    Brock Gunthorpe and Calum Thatcher (QLD)
    Phillip Small and Jeeven Nadanakumar (ACT)
    Grace Dickinson and Owen James (ACT)
    Daniel Ergas and Nathaniel Jende (ACT)
    Robert Ferguson and Kevin Kim (NSW)
    Jesse Carey and Natasha Rubie (NSW)
    Anthony Small and Simon Dukes (NSW)
    Jackson McKenzie and Nick Young (VIC)
    Kate Goodridge-Griffiths and Keahn Sardinha (WA)
    Gordon Wicks and Liam Gage-Brown (SA)
    Jethro Cohen and Andrew Dunn-Lobban (TAS)
    Toone Shield for Overall Divisional Performance
    UN Youth Queensland
    We want to communicate again what a pleasure it was to spend so much time listening to so many brilliant students. Here's hoping they stay involved! Our congratulations and thanks go to Django and his team, as well as all the facilitators, for making this Evatt such a brilliant success.
    We attach, for your interest and hopeful delight, the resolutions and briefing materials for the Grand Final resolutions this year. They are all, of course, copyright UN Youth Australia Inc. and can be used by any Division or UN Youth Australia program or project. For any other permissions, please contact the National Executive.
    Have a very happy New Year,
    Alec Webley
    Chairman, Evatt Trophy 2011 Judging Panel
    Nicky Hentrich
    Tim Matthews
    Deputy Chairpeople
    Daniel Gibbons
    Karen Chau
    Gemma Renton
    Mashood Qureshi
    Paddy McCann
    Tom Morrison
    National Judges

    1st Place

    Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)

    2nd Place

    Robert Ferguson and Kevin Kim (NSW)

    3rd Place

    Simon Dukes and Anthony Small (NSW)

    Honourable Mentions

    • Brock Gunthorpe and Calum Thatcher (QLD)
    • Jackson McKenzie and Nick Young (VIC)
    • Joshua Keenan and Liam Thomas (QLD)

     

    Best In Chamber - White Chamber

    Daniel Ergas and Nathaniel Jende (ACT)

    Best In Chamber - Blue Chamber

    Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)

    Cabinet Crisis Winner

    Mieke Foster and Natesha Somasundaram (VIC)

    Cabinet Crisis Runner-Up

    Thomas Speddling and Sam van den Nieuwenhof (NT)

    National Grand Finalists

    • Matt Paterson and Mitch Sutton (QLD)
    • Hamish Lonergan and Damien Maher (QLD)
    • Emmet Ryan and Patrick McKinlay (QLD)
    • Joshua Keenan and Liam Thomas (QLD)
    • Brock Gunthorpe and Calum Thatcher (QLD)
    • Phillip Small and Jeeven Nadanakumar (ACT)
    • Grace Dickinson and Owen James (ACT)
    • Daniel Ergas and Nathaniel Jende (ACT)
    • Robert Ferguson and Kevin Kim (NSW)
    • Jesse Carey and Natasha Rubie (NSW)
    • Anthony Small and Simon Dukes (NSW)
    • Jackson McKenzie and Nick Young (VIC)
    • Kate Goodridge-Griffiths and Keahn Sardinha (WA)
    • Gordon Wicks and Liam Gage-Brown (SA)
    • Jethro Cohen and Andrew Dunn-Lobban (TAS)


    Toone Shield for Overall Divisional Performance

    UN Youth Queensland


  • Evatt Trophy Competition Grand Finals in progress

  • The Grand Finals of the 2011 Evatt Trophy Competition are currently in progress, with only one resolution not yet debated.

    The first resolution on gay rights was passed by the mock Security Council after robust debate. The second resolution on the international illicit drug trade is currently being debated by the delegates, while the third resolution will be released later today for the grand final debate.

    Chief Judge, Alec Webley, said that "the grand final is the most intense part of the competition. The delegates are nearing the end, and the debate is fantastic so far."

    The national winner for the Competition will be announced later this evening during a final dinner celebrating the efforts of all the delegates.

    The Evatt Trophy Competition is Australia's largest and most prestigious national secondary school debating competition, drawing delegate from all state and territories in Australia together to debat global issues in a mock session of the United Nations Security Council. The Evatt Trophy Competition is a flagship program run by UN Youth Australia.